Insight - Wards 2018 Falkirk Council Population estimates change 2014-2017 Dwellings 2017 2014 2017 Change Ward % No Ward No No % 1 Bo'ness and Blackness 9.8% 7,327 1 Bo'ness and Blackness 15,369 15,434 +0.4% 2 Grangemouth 11.9% 8,868 2 Grangemouth 17,098 16,535 -3.3% 3 Denny and Banknock 11.8% 8,787 3 Denny and Banknock 18,519 19,468 +5.1% 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst 12.5% 9,335 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst 20,195 21,253 +5.2% 5 Bonnybridge and Larbert 9.2% 6,822 5 Bonnybridge and Larbert 16,713 16,232 -2.9% 6 Falkirk North 15.2% 11,319 6 Falkirk North 20,367 22,385 +9.9% 7 Falkirk South 11.3% 8,378 7 Falkirk South 18,513 16,807 -9.2% 8 Lower Braes 9.2% 6,814 8 Lower Braes 14,594 15,431 +5.7% 9 Upper Braes 9.1% 6,808 Introduction 9 Upper Braes 16,272 16,585 +1.9% Total 100.0% 74,458 The current nine multi-member Wards were introduced Total 157,640 160,130 +1.6% Dwellings fall within a Council Tax band (A-H). The in Falkirk in May 2017. National Records of Scotland The population has increased in six of the nine Wards Band with the highest percentage in Falkirk is Band A (NRS) publish small area data for Council areas - Falkirk (29.9%), followed by Band B (26.1%). has 214 datazones. These figures have been used to between 2014 and 2017, most noticeably in Ward 6 - The type of dwelling with the highest percentage is Flats estimate the latest Ward data. Falkirk North (+9.9%) and Ward 8 - Lower Braes (+5.7%). (29.9%), followed by Terrace (23.7%). The number of rooms in dwellings with the highest percentage is 3 rooms (35.7%), followed by 4 rooms Population estimates 2017 Households 2017 (31.4%). Ward % No Ward % No 1 Bo'ness and Blackness 9.6% 15,434 1 Bo'ness and Blackness 9.8% 7,107 For further information: 2 Grangemouth 10.3% 16,535 2 Grangemouth 11.9% 8,644 Falkirk Council 3 Denny and Banknock 12.2% 19,468 3 Denny and Banknock 11.8% 8,572 Performance and Research Team 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst 13.3% 21,253 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst 12.6% 9,124 Corporate and Housing Services 5 Bonnybridge and Larbert 10.1% 16,232 5 Bonnybridge and Larbert 9.2% 6,647 Falkirk , FK1 5RS Tel: 01324 506016 6 Falkirk North 14.0% 22,385 6 Falkirk North 15.2% 11,009 Email: p&[email protected] 7 Falkirk South 10.5% 16,807 7 Falkirk South 11.2% 8,145 Website: www.falkirk.gov.uk 8 Lower Braes 9.6% 15,431 8 Lower Braes 9.2% 6,645 9 Upper Braes 10.4% 16,585 9 Upper Braes 9.2% 6,651 Source: Total 100.0% 160,130 Total 100.0% 72,544 Household and dwellings estimates 2017 © Crown Copyright The number of households in Falkirk has increased The Ward boundaries show Ward 6 - Falkirk North has Population estimate 2017 mid year © Crown Copyright by 6.7% over the last 10 years. the largest population (14.0%), followed by Ward 4 - Households are single people or groups of people http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/ Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst (13.3%). The Ward with the living together. Ward boundaries 2017 smallest population is Ward 8 - Lower Braes (9.6%). Households in Falkirk are projected to rise from http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reviews/5th_electoral/ 2016-2041 by 15.5%. © Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Produced by Performance and Research, Corporate and Housing Services - September 2018.